IDELIX Awarded GeoConnections Contract

February 18, 2002 - Vancouver, BC - IDELIX Software Inc., makers of the 
visualization technology known as Pliable Display Technology (PDT), today 
announced they have entered a partnership to integrate PDT within an Internet 
Client.  This partnership is through the GeoInnovations program of 
GeoConnections, a web-based initiative led by Natural Resources Canada, to 
develop the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI).

PDT will address the challenge of viewing high-density online geospatial data 
sets on a limited size screen display.  What separates PDT from other viewing 
technologies is that detail can be viewed within these images without having to 
zoom in and lose part of the image context.  As a PDT lens moves across the 
display screen, it works as a geometric transform, giving the visual impression 
that the display surface is "pliable" or elastic.  Desired levels of 
magnification and detail appear within the focal region of the lens, while the 
lens shoulder provides continuous visual connection to the base image. The 
result is detail-in-context viewing with no information being hidden from view.

"The PDT Internet Client will facilitate web access to CGDI data in an 
intuitive new way that is a significant step beyond what existing GIS data
presentation products can do," says Dr. David Baar, CEO of IDELIX.  "The PDT 
Internet Client is built around IDELIX's powerful Pliable Display Technology 
Applications Programming Interface, which is a very flexible toolkit that 
provides application vendors with the means to embed PDT functionality into 
their applications. IDELIX is very pleased to be working with GeoConnections to 
integrate PDT and provide Canadians with a powerful tool for viewing and 
analyzing geographic information on the web."

"GeoConnections is committed to encouraging Canadian companies to develop new, 
innovative commercial products and services as part of building the CGDI," said 
Jeff Labonte, GeoConnections Director.  "This helps give national firms 
enhanced opportunities in the expanding worldwide geomatics market and fosters 
the growth of jobs in the knowledge-based economy."

Product completion date is scheduled for summer of 2002.  For more information 
on the integration of the Pliable Display Technology Software Development Kit, 
visit www.idelix.com .  For further information on GeoConnections, visit 
www.geoconnections.org .

IDELIX Software Inc. is a Vancouver-based software company focused on improving 
the presentation of data and images on computing devices through innovations in 
Information Visualization and Computer Graphics.

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For more information, contact:

Tiffany Chester, Communications Coordinator, IDELIX Software Inc.
Tel. (604) 484-2889   Fax. (604) 656-6310   Email.  tchester@idelix.com

Debra Boyd, Advisor, Communications, GeoConnections Secretariat
Tel. (613) 947-1345.